plant

plant

(plănt)

n.

1. Botany

a. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.

b. A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.

c. Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.

2.

a. A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory: works in an auto plant.

b. The buildings, fixtures, and equipment, including machinery, tools, and instruments, necessary for an industrial operation or an institution: the university's mechanical plant.

3. A person or thing put into place in order to mislead or function secretly, especially:

a. A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.

b. A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.

c. A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.

d. A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.

4. Slang A scheming trick; a swindle.

tr.v.plant·ed, plant·ing, plants

1.

a. To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.

b. To place seeds or young plants in (land); sow: plant a field in corn.

2.

a. To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation: plant oysters.

b. To stock with spawn or fish.

3. To introduce (an animal) into an area.

4.

a. To place or fix in a certain position: planted both feet on the ground; planted a kiss on my cheek.

b. To deliver (a punch or blow).

c. To fix firmly in the mind; implant: "The right of revolution is planted in the heart of man"(Clarence Darrow).

5. To establish; found: plant a colony.

6.

a. To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior: Detectives were planted all over the store.

b. To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public: planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.

7. To conceal; hide: planted the stolen goods in the warehouse.

[Middle English plante, from Old English and Old French, both from Latin planta, sprout, seedling; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

plant′a·ble adj.

plant

(plɑːnt)

n

1. (Botany) any living organism that typically synthesizes its food from inorganic substances, possesses cellulose cell walls, responds slowly and often permanently to a stimulus, lacks specialized sense organs and nervous system, and has no powers of locomotion

2. (Botany) such an organism that is green, terrestrial, and smaller than a shrub or tree; a herb

3. (Botany) a cutting, seedling, or similar structure, esp when ready for transplantation

4. informal a thing positioned secretly for discovery by another, esp in order to incriminate an innocent person

5. (Billiards & Snooker) billiardssnooker a position in which the cue ball can be made to strike an intermediate which then pockets another ball

vb (tr)

6. (Botany) (often foll by out) to set (seeds, crops, etc) into (ground) to grow

7. to place firmly in position

8. to establish; found

9. to implant in the mind

10. slang to deliver (a blow)

11. informal to position or hide, esp in order to deceive or observe

12. (Zoology) to place (young fish, oysters, spawn, etc) in (a lake, river, etc) in order to stock the water

[Old English, from Latin planta a shoot, cutting]

ˈplantableadj

ˈplantˌlikeadj

plant

(plɑːnt)

n

1. (Commerce)

a. the land, buildings, and equipment used in carrying on an industrial, business, or other undertaking or service

plant

(plænt, plɑnt)

n.

1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that produce food from sunlight and inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.

2. an herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with a tree or shrub.

3. a seedling or a growing slip, esp. one ready for transplanting.

4. a factory, workshop, etc., where a product is manufactured.

5. the equipment, machinery, tools, etc., necessary to carry on any industrial business.

6. the complete equipment or apparatus for a particular mechanical operation: a heating plant.

7. the buildings, equipment, etc., of an institution: the university plant.

8. a scheme to trap, trick, or defraud.

9. a person or thing placed secretly or strategically, as to gather information, provoke responses, or advance a plot or scheme.

v.t.

10. to put or set in the ground for growth, as seeds, shrubs, or young trees.

11. to furnish or stock (land) with plants.

12. to establish or implant (ideas, principles, etc.).

13. to bed (oysters).

14. to insert or set firmly in or on the ground: to plant fence posts.

15. to place; put.

16. to place or station with great force or determination: He planted himself in the doorway.

17. to place (something) in order to advance a plot, obtain a desired result, etc.: The police planted a story in the newspaper to trap the thief.

18. to place (a person) secretly in a situation, as to gather information or stir up reactions: to plant a spy.

19. to hide or conceal, as stolen goods.

20. to settle or found (a colony, etc.).

v.i.

21. to plant crops, seeds, etc.

[before 900; (n.) Middle English plaunte (< Old French plante), Old English plante < Latin planta a shoot, plant; (v.) Middle English plaunten (< Old French planter), Old English plantian < Latin plantāre, derivative of the n.]

plant′a•ble,adj.

plant

(plănt)

Any of a wide variety of multicellular organisms, most of which manufacture their own food by means of photosynthesis. Plants have cells with cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move about under their own power, and have no nervous system. They range in size from a few millimeters to trees that stand over 300 feet (91.4 meters) tall. Plants are grouped as a separate kingdom in taxonomy.

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